Activity in both sales and construction is on the rise at The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach.

The community announced its Facilities Improvement Plan that includes the addition of an amenity park, a beach club renovation and a revitalization of the golf course. The $7.7 million plan will begin in June and is slated to end in the fall of 2016.

Estimated monthly fees for members is not expected to increase.

The go-ahead for the plan was granted by a vote in late 2014 by The Plantations owners.

NEW YORK — Sprint Corp. posted better adjusted earnings than analysts expected after “half-price” offers helped the carrier add subscribers for the first time in 12 quarters.

The third-largest U.S. wireless company reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $1.04 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, better than the $869 million estimated by analysts on average. Sprint’s wireless margin narrowed to 15 percent, wider than the 12 percent average estimate in a Bloomberg survey of four analysts.

NEW YORK — Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores.

General Wireless, a subsidiary of Standard General, RadioShack’s largest shareholder, has agreed to buy 1,500 to 2,400 of the company’s U.S. stores. As part of the bankruptcy plan, Sprint may open mini-shops in as many as 1,760 of the acquired RadioShack stores.

Nina LaFleur is celebrating her 25th year of practicing bankruptcy law. Previously a partner in a Jacksonville firm, LaFleur established LaFleur Law Firm in St. Augustine to help both individuals and small business with debt relief. LaFleur said bankruptcy can provide a fresh start to people who have suffered a financial catastrophe such as a job loss, a divorce or a medical situation.

Slumping sales of Barbie did little to bring a happy holiday to her maker, Mattel Inc.

Mattel’s fourth-quarter earnings release Friday drilled down into the details of a weak performance that led to the resignation of its chairman and CEO.

Barbie sales fell 12 percent, though that wasn’t as bad as the third quarter’s 21 percent drop. Fisher-Price sales fell 11 percent. While American Girl slipped 4 percent, it was better than the 7 percent decline in the third quarter.

WASHINGTON — Wages and benefits rose at a slightly healthier rate last year, a sign strong job gains could be forcing companies to pay a bit more for workers.

The Labor Department said Friday that the employment cost index, which measures pay and benefits, rose 2.2 percent in 2014, up from 2 percent the previous year. It’s also ahead of inflation, which rose 1.3 percent.

Yet the increase is still sluggish by historical standards. In a healthy economy, the index usually rises at about a 3.5 percent pace.

Stephen Collins of Land Title of America Inc. and Rusty Collins of Rusty Law host ‘Land Title Talk’ on 102.1 FM WFOY at 8 a.m. Thursday. The radio show broadcasts live the first and third Thursday of the month and features Susan R. Parker, executive director of the St. Augustine Historical Society.

Q: Do I lose my whole investment if a company I own stock in goes bankrupt? — C.S., Fulton, Missouri

A: You’ll likely lose a lot, but perhaps not everything. Some companies file for bankruptcy protection and then turn themselves around, as General Motors and Delta Air Lines did. (Others, such as Enron, don’t.) Even a business that fails can still be worth something. Its assets may be sold off, or another company might just buy it entirely.

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers welcomed the new year with a surge in confidence.

The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index climbed this month to 102.9, highest level since August 2007 — four months before the start of the Great Recession. January’s figure was up from a revised 93.1 in December.

“Consumers started the year in a buoyant mood,” Andrew Hunter, an analyst at Capital Economics, wrote in a research note.